Lexical Definition

‎אֵמֶר‎ ʼêmer (ay'-mer) word ^H:N-M
from ‎אָמַר‎

answer, [idiom] appointed unto him, saying, speech, word.

• something said

1) utterance, speech, word, saying, promise, command

See Greek: θαρσέω · κρίμα · λόγιον · λόγος · ῥῆμα · χεῖλος

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Also see: אִמְרָה

[‎אִמְרָה‎] noun feminine utterance, speech, word (in poetry, mostly singular collective, compare plural verb Ps 119:103, but here read probably Pluraln. compare ᵐ5 Ol Hi De Che) — construct ‎אִמְרַת‎ Isa 5:24 +; ‎אִמְרָתִי‎ Gen 4:23 + etc.; Plural absolute ‎אֲמָרוֺת‎ Ps 12:7* construct ‎אִמֲרוֺת‎ ib.; — utterance, speech Gen 4:23 (song of Lamech, || ‎קוֺל‎); so Isa 28:23; Isa 32:9; Deut 32:2 (|| ‎לֶקַח‎), Ps 17:9; Isa 29:4 (twice in verse) (|| also ‎דִּבֶּד‎); especially saying(s), words(s) of ‎׳‎‎י‎ (command & promise) Deut 33:9 (|| ‎בְּרִית‎); Isa 5:24 (|| ‎תּוֺרָה‎) 2Sam 22:31 = Ps 18:31*; Ps 12:7*; Ps 105:19 (|| ‎דָּבָר‎; esp Ps 119:11; Ps 119:38; Ps 119:41 + 16 t.; Ps 138:2; Ps 147:15 (|| ‎דָּבָר‎), Prov 30:5.

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